No spare tire in the 5th Gen Camaro trunk!!

[Shan]

Originally Posted by myold88

This has been discussed many times here but you must remember there
are new people coming on camaro5 all the time. The OP is one of them
just surprised his recently purchased Camaro doesn't have a spare. He
just joined in April and may not know how to do a search. What would you
rather talk about here?

Thank you

[0stones0]

I guess this is better then nothing.

[Gordo-D]

Originally Posted by myold88

Camaros probably only have one rear floor pan for both the 6 & 8.
It's designed for the 6 since the SS doesn't have a spare anyway.

Seems reasonable, sooner they had put the damn battery elsewhere though.

[Dogmeat]

I'd like a spare for my '11 as well, but I damn sure ain't gonna spend upwards of $350 for one....Might take a little while, but I'm in no hurry.

[FrankNstein1]

Modern spare is an 18” aluminum wheel that fits front or rear and rated to 80 mph. Comes with a scissor jack and fits in the wheel well with 1/2” lift on the cover. Great peace of mind.

[0stones0]

Originally Posted by FrankNstein1

Modern spare is an 18” aluminum wheel that fits front or rear and rated to 80 mph. Comes with a scissor jack and fits in the wheel well with 1/2” lift on the cover. Great peace of mind.

My only concern with the 18” wheel is the talk about differential issues, possible damage. Can anyone confirm or dispel this?
Thanks

[Yellow 1]

Originally Posted by 0stones0

My only concern with the 18” wheel is the talk about differential issues, possible damage. Can anyone confirm or dispel this?
Thanks

I got a kit from Performancespare.com - includes space-saver tyre and rim, jack, lug nut wrench. Fits flat under the trunk mat. Clears the Brembo calipers on my SS & thankfully I've never had need to use it. IF I ever need to, I'll ONLY fit it to a front due to the minor ride height difference (which "could" wind-up the diff and damage it) I work in heavy equipment and have had experince of this happening. So, a puncture on a rear would mean jacking up the front, fitting the space-saver and putting the good front on the rear replace the flat one. Hope that makes sense...
Ed
PS; Recommend the kit, the guys were helpful and the kit content is good quality.

[wasthatacop?]

Originally Posted by rontammy0

I think its been like that for about.....9 years. And to really piss you off...wait till you try to use the sun visors haha.

Haaaaa! hahaha. So true